Patrick Waddington

Patrick William Simpson Waddington (19 August 1901 – 4 February 1987) was an English actor, educated at Gresham's School at Holt in Norfolk.[1] He was born and died in York, England.[2]

Patrick Waddington
Born(1901-08-19)19 August 1901
York, England
Died4 February 1987(1987-02-04) (aged 85)
York, England

Biography

Waddington was the grandson of William Waddington, the piano manufacturer who also took over the management of the Theatre Royal York.[3] After Gresham's School and St John's College, Oxford,[4] he started his career singing, and in the 1930s was in That Certain Trio with Peggy Cochrane.[5][6] On stage from 1924, often in upper-class roles, his theatre work included the original West End run of Patrick Hamilton's Rope in 1929; a lengthy tour of My Fair Lady, as Colonel Pickering, in 1963–5; and the musical Kean on Broadway, in 1961.[7][5][8][9][10] Film and TV included The Wooden Horse (1950), A Night to Remember (1958), and two episodes of Dad's Army, as 'The Brigadier'.[11]

In 1951 he became General Secretary of TACT (The Actors Charitable Trust) and was headmaster of its children's home, Silverlands, until 1953.[12][5] A plaque to commemorate him can be seen in the Courtyard entrance to the Merchant Adventurers' Hall in York - he was a member of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of the City of York from 1933 to his death in 1987.[3] In 1986, he self-published his autobiography, Patrick: Or, That Awful Warning.[3]

Filmography

Bibliography
  • Waddington, Patrick S. (1986). Patrick: Or, That Awful Warning. Self-published. ISBN 0-951132601.

References
  1. "Patrick Waddington". Archived from the original on 17 September 2018.
  2. League, The Broadway. "Patrick Waddington – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
  3. "Autobiography of Patrick Waddington - Borthwick Catalogue". borthcat.york.ac.uk.
  4. Who's who in the Theatre, Volume 17 (1981), p. 684
  5. McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111975 – via Google Books.
  6. Pathé, British. "That Certain Trio". www.britishpathe.com.
  7. "Production of Rope - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  8. "My Fair Lady – Hippodrome Heritage". birminghamhippodromeheritage.com.
  9. "Patrick Waddington - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  10. League, The Broadway. "Kean – Broadway Musical – Original - IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
  11. "Patrick Waddington". www.aveleyman.com.
  12. http://www.noelcoward.net/pdfs/Noel%20Coward%20and%20the%20Actors%20Orphanage.pdf
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